Indiana Career Council gets final legislative nod
Gov. Mike Pence will lead the 16-member panel, which is supposed to prepare a plan for matching Indiana's workforce training programs and available jobs.
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2 agency heads already leaving Pence administration
The heads of the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration have asked the Indiana Ethics Commission for formal opinions on whether they can accept positions in higher education.
Legislators approve Indiana Career Council plan
Supporters say the council should help eliminate barriers and spread information about available training programs at a time when the state's jobless rate remains above 8 percent.
FEIGENBAUM: Legislative deadline spawns flurry of activity
In one 48-hour stretch early in the first week of April, lawmakers provided a truer lay of the session land than in all the days leading up to it.
Indiana governor against school guns mandate
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says he believes local school officials should make decisions about security rather than being required to have an employee armed with a loaded gun during school hours.
Pence touring agribusinesses
Governor, along with Lt. Gov. Ellspermann and ag director Gina Sheets, hopes to discuss potential for growth.
Pence, Bosma try to keep reins on intraparty tax battle
Republicans typically invoke Ronald Reagan's "11th Commandment" when they're fighting within the family, and there's been plenty of infighting recently over Gov. Mike Pence's tax cut at the Statehouse.
Schools chief, mayors seek more funds from Senate
The two groups most likely to benefit from changes made by Indiana House Republicans to the state budget asked Thursday that the Senate Appropriations Committee maintain new funding for roads and schools, and maybe find a little more.
Bosma faults tea party group, Pence for tax-cut woes
House Speaker Brian Bosma says a national tea party group’s “erroneous” campaign ads have made it harder for lawmakers to support Gov. Mike Pence’s proposal to cut Indiana’s income tax by 10 percent.
Local leaders give chilly reaction to Pence’s proposed tax cut
Members of the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns say they would rather see money poured into road repairs.
Debate erupts on Indiana’s incomplete Medicaid waiver
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence defended his administration Thursday over criticism from Democratic lawmakers that they have imperiled Hoosiers' health care by failing to follow proper procedures on Medicaid.
Indiana House rejects governor-college chief wait
Legislative Republicans have defeated a Democratic proposal aimed at preventing a repeat of Purdue University's hiring of Mitch Daniels as its new president while he was still governor.
Pence salary of $111K highest for Indiana governor
Mike Pence's annual salary of $111,687 is the highest ever for an Indiana governor, due to a law that boosts the salary of the state’s chief executive at the beginning of every term.
Senate budget leader: Schools, roads need boost
Indiana lawmakers have been aggressive in cutting taxes in recent years, the state Senate's top budget writer said Thursday as his committee started reviewing a spending plan that leaves out Republican Gov. Mike Pence's proposed 10-percent income tax cut.
State lawmakers return to looming budget decisions
Senators will consider changes to the House-approved budget plan that calls for $700 million more in school and road spending than proposed by Gov. Mike Pence and leaves out his proposed 10-percent cut to the state's income tax rate.
Lawmakers see atmosphere shift inside Indiana Statehouse
The first half of this year’s General Assembly session has been much quieter, at least partly because of election victories in November that gave Republicans a larger House majority, preventing new Democratic walkouts from stopping legislative action.
Pence moves outside Indy to find tax cut support
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is taking his pitch for a 10-percent cut in the personal income tax around the state after failing to lock down support for his signature legislative priority inside the Statehouse.
Pence signs bill delaying new farmland taxes
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has signed into law a one-year delay on new calculations for property taxes on farmland. The bill was the first one Pence has signed into law since becoming governor last month.
Legislators struggle to nail down cost of health care expansion
The cost of health care for an additional 400,000 low income residents is something nobody in the Indiana Statehouse seems to be able to agree upon this year, even as the crucial decision about whether to expand Medicaid bears down on lawmakers midway through their annual session.
Judge delays start as Indiana child services chief
Lake Juvenile Court Judge Mary Beth Bonaventura has told Gov. Mike Pence that she needs a few more weeks to wrap up her cases.